Electrical cable assembly having cable guide

Abstract

A cable assembly ( 100 ) includes a connector ( 1 ) having a mating interface ( 200 ) to mate with a mating connector and a rear passage ( 201 ), a cable ( 4 ) having conductors ( 40 ) passing through the rear passage to electrically connect to the connector, and a cable guide ( 6, 9 ) attached to the rear passage and dimensioned to hold at least a portion of the cable so as to have the cable extend out of the connector along a pre-determined direction.

1. A cable assembly, comprising:
 a connector having a front mating interface to mate with a mating connector, and a rear passage; 
 a cable having a plurality of conductors passing through the rear passage to electrically connect to the connector; and 
 a cable guide being discrete from the connector and attached to rear portion of the connector and dimensioned to hold at least a portion of the cable so as to have the cable extend out of the connector along a pre-determined direction; 
 wherein the cable guide comprises a base part and a retention part latched to the base part so as to hold the cable therebetween; 
 wherein the base part comprises a pair of engaging portions at a front end thereof attached to the rear portion of the connector so as to assemble the cable guide to the connector; 
 wherein the connector comprises a connector module accessible from the mating interface, an upper cover and a lower cover jointed to the upper cover to enclose the connector module therein, and wherein the engaging portions of the cable guide are held between the upper and the lower covers; the rear cover further defines a stopping portion at each end thereof; 
 wherein the lower and the upper covers respectively comprise a first rear flange and a second rear flange confronting to the first rear flange; 
 wherein the first rear flange defines a first semicircular aperture and a pair of rear opened first cutouts at opposite sides of the first aperture, the second rear flange defines a second aperture and a pair of second cutouts respectively in alignment with the first aperture and the first cutouts, and wherein the first aperture and the second aperture together form the rear passage to hold the cable while the first cutout and the corresponding second cutout joint together to completely receive one of the engaging portions therein. 
 
   
   
     2. The cable assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the base part of the cable guide defines a channel curving by a specific curvature therethrough for partially receiving and leading the cable extending along the pre-determined direction. 
   
   
     3. The cable assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the retention part of the cable guide is composed of two clasps, each clasp has a pair of fasteners thereon for locking with corresponding portion of the base part. 
   
   
     4. The cable assembly as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein each clasp of the retention part has a deforming portion at the middle thereof to create spring force to hold the cable. 
   
   
     5. The cable assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the engaging portion is configured in a columnar form. 
   
   
     6. The cable assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the connector module comprises a circuit substrate extending toward to the rear portion of the connector to electrically connect with the cable. 
   
   
     7. The cable assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises a strain relief assembled to the cable between the upper cover and the lower cover. 
   
   
     8. The cable assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the connector comprises a latch assembled between the combinable upper and lower covers for facilitating detachment of the cable assembly from a complementary connector. 
   
   
     9. A cable assembly comprising:
 a connector having a front mating portion for mating with a mating connector, and a cable passage formed in a cover device which includes opposite top and bottom covers; 
 a cable having a plurality of conductors passing through the cable passage to electrically connect to the connector; and 
 a cable guide attached to one side of the cover device of the connector and dimensioned to hold at least a portion of the cable so as to have the cable extend out of the connector along a pre-determined direction; wherein 
 the cable guide includes upper and bottom parts not only latchably complementarily engaged with corresponding upper and bottom covers, respectively, but also with each other; 
 a latch attached to said side and overlapped with said cable guide in a vertical direction; 
 wherein said latch is moveable along a front-to-back direction while said cable guide extends in an oblique direction. 
 
   
   
     10. The cable assembly as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein one of the upper and bottom parts includes a protrusion and the other includes a receiving hole receiving said protrusion along a vertical direction. 
   
   
     11. A cable assembly, comprising:
 a connector having a front mating interface to mate with a mating connector, and a rear passage; 
 a cable having a plurality of conductors passing through the rear passage to electrically connect to the connector; and 
 a cable guide attached to rear portion of the connector and dimensioned to hold at least a portion of the cable so as to have the cable extend out of the connector along a pre-determined direction; 
 wherein the cable guide comprises a base part and a retention part latched to the base part so as to hold the cable therebetween; 
 wherein the base part comprises a pair of engaging portions at a front end thereof attached to the rear portion of the connector so as to assemble the cable guide to the connector; 
 wherein the connector comprises a connector module accessible from the mating interface, an upper cover and a lower cover jointed to the upper cover to enclose the connector module therein, and wherein the engaging portions of the cable guide are held between the upper and the lower covers; 
 wherein the lower and the upper covers respectively comprise a first rear flange and a second rear flange confronting to the first rear flange; 
 wherein the first rear flange defines a first semicircular aperture and a pair of rear opened first cutouts at opposite sides of the first aperture, the second rear flange defines a second aperture and a pair of second cutouts respectively in alignment with the first aperture and the first cutouts, and wherein the first aperture and the second aperture together form the rear passage to hold the cable while the first cutout and the corresponding second cutout joint together to completely receive one of the engaging portions therein. 
 
   
   
     12. The cable assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the upper and the bottom covers are made from metal material. 
   
   
     13. The cable assembly as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each conductor of the cable has a pair of signal conductor and a grounding conductor.